---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 570.108"
title: "48"
number: "570.108"
heading: "Responsibility determination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/570.108"
---

# §570.108. Responsibility determination.

- (a) **Determine that the prospective awardee is responsible with respect to the lease under consideration.** The standards in FAR 9.104 apply. As part of the determination that a prospective contractor is otherwise qualified and eligible for award, review exclusions in the System for Award Management (SAM).
- (b) **The contracting officer's signature on the contract is deemed an affirmative determination.**
- (c) If the contracting officer finds an offeror nonresponsible, sign and place in the contract file a determination of nonresponsibility. State the basis for the determination.
- (d) If the contracting officer finds a small business concern nonresponsible, the procedures at FAR 19.6 apply. Place all documents and reports supporting a determination of responsibility or nonresponsibility in the lease file.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 37265, July 9, 1999, as amended at 76 FR 30849, May 27, 2011; 81 FR 1533, Jan. 13, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 37265, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 37265, July 9, 1999, as amended at 76 FR 30849, May 27, 2011; 81 FR 1533, Jan. 13, 2016]